CalPERS is commemorating Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) with a CalPERS intranet takeover. On GAAD, our intranet will be transformed to highlight accessibility resources, share stories, and provide interactive learning opportunities for all employees. This is the 15th annual GAAD – a day dedicated to fostering conversations, expanding our knowledge, and promoting digital access and inclusion. Remember, accessibility is not optional – it’s our responsibility to ensure our members, our stakeholders, and fellow team members can fully participate in the digital world.
Event Type: Private/Internal Events
Gain a deeper understanding of accessibility in the digital world. Deque provides a unique opportunity to explore the digital landscape through the lens of accessibility, offering insights and experiences that will reshape the way you perceive online interactions.
This year Atos France is holding an internal event featuring a few of our many accessibility experts and their recent projects. The event will be in French. For information on access please mail john.hicks@atos.net
A focused group discussion designed to explore sensory experiences, accessibility barriers, and inclusive interaction patterns in games through direct dialogue with disabled gamers and relevant stakeholders. This session is intended as an early collaborative step to help initiate more grounded accessibility practices within the Indonesian game industry. Despite Indonesia being one of the largest gaming markets in Southeast Asia, accessible gaming practices are still rarely discussed or implemented within local studio workflows. In many cases, the topic remains limited to academic research or student theses, while studios and developers may still be unsure where to begin. Although global accessibility guidelines for games already exist, building meaningful implementation in Indonesia requires direct user validation and contextual understanding from players who experience barriers firsthand. This FGD aims to become one of those starting points — creating space for studios, developers, communities, and disabled gamers to exchange perspectives and identify practical accessibility priorities together. Insights from the discussion will be compiled into an open-source repository to support future accessibility practices, experimentation, and learning within Indonesia’s gaming ecosystem. Invited Indonesian game studio, game community, game professionals and media are welcome to observe. Shall you part of aforementioned segments and willing to observe during the FGD, please reach out to event@suarise.com.
O Dia da Acessibilidade no Itaú reforça a acessibilidade como uma premissa estratégica de experiência. A data é celebrada junto ao GAAD : Dia Global de Conscientização sobre Acessibilidade, ampliando a conscientização e mobilizando nossos times para criar experiências mais inclusivas.
Join us for the three-day Accessibility Bootcamp, designed specifically for Binghamton University staff and faculty! Held from Tuesday, May 19 through Thursday, May 21 (10:00 AM – 2:00 PM daily) in the Zurack Room, this bootcamp is your opportunity to gain essential skills and knowledge to become an accessibility ambassador for your department. The schedule is structured by day: Tuesday (Policy Day): Foundations and updates on disability law, policy discussions including purchasing, VPATs, Pcards, and risk analysis. An “Ask Me Anything” session with the team will be held during lunch. Wednesday (Document Day): Workshops covering document accessibility in Canva, Adobe Express, PowerPoint, Google Slides, and PDF fixes in Acrobat. Thursday (GAAD): Sessions on web design principles, Omni Update, and creating accessible documents in Word and Google Docs. The event will conclude on Thursday with a special celebration for Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). Lunch will be provided each day.
At Coles, we’re passionate about ensuring our digital experiences are accessible for all our customers. This year, we’re hosting an internal event in collaboration with Rebus Theatre called Stages of Empathy. This immersive theatre experience explores real-life scenarios of exclusion and inaccessibility. The project is led by actors with disability and funded by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. Through this experience, we aim to help the digital teams we work with build a deeper understanding of accessibility and bring greater empathy to the products and services they design every day. We’ll also be creating how-to videos showcasing built-in mobile phone accessibility features to help as many customers as possible shop on the Coles App with ease. From using large text settings to make content easier to read, to voice control that enables hands-free shopping from home, these guides will help customers make the most of accessibility features available on their devices.
CarMax & Edmunds, leaders in the automotive research and retail space, are hosting Glenda Sims, Chief Information Accessibility Officer at Deque. This year Glenda will be discussing personal experiences, building empathy & the opportunities that AI presents for people with disabilities.
NTT DATA Zaragoza vuelve a celebrar el GAAD. Esta vez en un nuevo formato, realizando una sesión interna de formación a su equipo de experiencia de usuario. Esta actividad se enfoca en sensibilizar al equipo sobre la relevancia de crear entornos digitales inclusivos. Durante la sesión, se explorarán las diferentes tecnologías de apoyo que utilizan las personas con discapacidad. El objetivo principal de esta sesión es proporcionar al equipo las herramientas necesarias para entender mejor las barreras que enfrentan las personas con discapacidad en el acceso a la información y los servicios digitales. Además, se buscará fomentar el debate sobre cómo integrar estas consideraciones en el proceso de diseño y desarrollo de productos digitales, asegurando que todas las soluciones sean accesibles para todas las personas usuarias. Esta sesión contribuirá a aumentar la empatía y el conocimiento del equipo sobre las necesidades específicas de sus personas usuarias.
This year, Doctolib is proudly participating in Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) This is an on-site event across all our main locations. GAAD is a global initiative focused on raising awareness around digital accessibility and inclusion for people with disabilities.
Where is happening
You can join both on site or online. If you want to join in person, please note that seats are limited so first come, first served!
See you in:
Paris: Le 33
Berlin: Dr Jekyll + Mr Hyde
Milan: Oxygen + Hydrogen
Nantes: Canari
If you are remote, simply join this call link!
As we prepare for the European Accessibility Act implementation, this day is an important step in our journey to make our products more inclusive and accessible for everyone.
What to expect
- A short introductory session to understand the basics of accessibility (A11y)
- A hands-on testing workshop where you’ll experience how people with disabilities navigate our products
Note: identical content, so it is either Slot #1 or Slot #2, one in the AM and one in the PM
Requirements: Whether you’re in Tech, Product, Design, Ops, Sales, or any other team, you’re welcome to join! Attendees must bring their laptop for the testing session